Treatment Of Type 1 Diabetes

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3½ Day Insulin Workshop

The 3½-day class is recommended for people who require insulin to control diabetes. This includes individuals with newly diagnosed or longstanding type 1 diabetes and many people with insulin-treated type 2 diabetes.

This section focuses on the medical management of type 1 diabetes. And as the term “medical management” implies, this management is done with the guidance of your medical provider and medical team. The key principles of medical management are:

Regular blood sugar (and ketone) self monitoring as a part of daily living

Taking insulin

Problem solving how and when to make adjustments in your food and insulin doses to prevent high or low blood sugars

Understanding complications and how to screen for, prevent and treat them

Good management requires all of these elements. All the elements are intertwined.

For example, you need to monitor your blood sugar to know if your treatment is successful. You need to problem solve if the self blood sugar monitoring shows your treatment is not successful. The self blood sugar monitoring will indicate if you need to adjust the dose of insulin. Regular screening for diabetes-related complications may pick up a complication that is in the early stages, and early treatment usually gives the best results.